QUOTE FROM A ‘SOURCE’: “Louis is tight with Simon and isn’t bothered about what Cheryl has been saying. He will be back as far as he’s concerned – and he wants Sharon Osbourne at his side,” a source tells the Sun.

Simon himself has said he’d like to have Louis back. And while Cheryl has never been on the panel with the Simon, Louis and Sharon trio, it’d be the fifth time Cowell has judged alongside the pair. And if Simon Cowell wants something he tends to get it. But Sharon Osbourne? The music manager returned last year to leave victorious with Sam Bailey her winner. Better to bow out a champ, isn’t it?